Improvement in fence



,plnted tates J. s. Buiten, or BUFFALO,- NEW YORK.

Letters .Patent No. 95,982, dated October 19, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and marking part pf thelame.

I, J. S. BURCH, of the city of Bualo, in the county of Erie, and theState of New York, have invented certain Improvements in theConstruction of Portable Fences, of which the following is aspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing portable fences, insuchv a manner that the same may bereadily put up without the use of asingle nail or its equivalent, and, also, may be taken down with thesame facility.

The accompanying drawings show more fully the peculiality of theimprovement.

Figure 1, in the drawing, represents a ready put-up fence, in aperspective view.

Figure 2 represents a transverse section of g. l, showing those4 partswhich constitute the post and supports .of the same. l They are jointedtogether with a bolt, in such a manner that the same may be foldedtogether when the fence is taken up, and so easily stored away.

Figure 3 shows the rail separately.

Letter A, in the respective 1i gures, is the post, which is providedwith a series of slot-holes, as may be seen, for the purpose ofreceiving the rails.

This post is secured to the supports-B B, by means of bolt C, and ispointedon its lower end, that it may with ease be put into the ground.

post and supports and upper B B are the supports of post A. lhey areconstructed on the plan of a pair of tongs, and so arranged,

that when they are spread apart on their lower end, they will close attheir upper, where they form the jaws or mouth D to receive the upperrail, and there securely hold the same.

-E is this upper rail, constructed for the purpose of supporting thefence lengthwise, and is, therefore, provided with two notches on itslower edge, (one on each end,) to lock in the supports B B.

It will be observed, that when the second rail E is slipped into theslot-hole d', after the upper rail is se- Witnesses H. WM. Dorr, MICH. JSTARK.

